HB 1493 Summary

• Transfers administration of Political Subdivisions Ethics Act regarding school district candidates and officials from the school board clerk to the Ethics Commission.

• Authorizes the Ethics Commission to accept complaints and conduct proceedings for school district candidates and officials in the same manner as county candidates and officials.

• Expands the Ethics Commission's duties to include filing repository functions, ethics interpretations, and complaint handling for school district ethics violations.

• Modifies complaint filing procedures to allow the Ethics Commission to handle school district ethics violations that previously were handled locally.

• Effective date: November 1, 2013.